🇪🇸 Spanish

delitos

masculine

los delitos

crimes

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delitos
/los deˈlitos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say delitos in Spanish?

IPA
/los deˈlitos/

How do you pronounce delitos in Spanish?

delitos is pronounced /los deˈlitos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El delito grave fue cometido por un criminal peligroso.

The serious crime was committed by a dangerous criminal.

El delito organizado ha sido investigado por varios años.

The organized crime has been investigated for several years.

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Why is it masculine?

Delitos is masculine because it derives from the Latin "delictum" (neuter noun meaning "offense" or "misdeed"), and when Latin neuter nouns ending in "-um" were adopted into Spanish, they typically became masculine nouns ending in "-o." This pattern is seen across many Spanish words borrowed from Latin, where the neuter gender was essentially lost and replaced with the masculine.

What is the Spanish word for crimes?

The Spanish word for crimes is los delitos — masculine.

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